Improvement in corsets



I IINITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL M. PERRY, OF PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN coRsETs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 56,794, dated July 3l,1866; antedated July 20, 1866.

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL M. PERRY, of the town of Plainfield, countyof Union, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Corsets, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this speciflcation, in which- Figure lrepresents a front elevation of my improved corset, and shows thecorset-fastening unlooped at the top, as hereinafter speciiied. Fig. 2is a front elevation, showing metal stud and loop-plates, which l use toclasp and unclasp the vimproved corset, separated from the rest of thecorset; and it is in the improved construction of these parts that myinvention mainly consists.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in both the figures.

A A is the stud-plate; B B', the loop-plate; C C', the cloth bodice ofthe corset; DD, the lacing-cord, byiwhich the corset is fitted to thewearers person.

The lacing-cord D D' is the ordinary and well-known device heretofore inuse for that purpose, as is also the bodice C G, which is stiffened byupright springs in the usual manner; yet any improved devices may besubstituted for these constructions.

My improvements, as before stated, relate mainly to an improvedconstruction and operation of the clasp-plates A -A and B B' and theparts C' C of the bodice immediately ad, jacent thereto, and aredesigned not only for the use of the common wearers of corsets, but alsofor nursingwomen, invalids, and corpulent persons who cannot withoutgreat inconvenience or suffering wear corsets of the ordinaryconstruction.

My improvement consists in furnishing one or both the clasp-plates AAand B B' with a joint, E or E', which I place in any convenient pointbelow the upper clasp-hook, F, and so construct the same that when theclasp hook or hooks above the aforesaid joints E or E are released thepart or parts of the clasp-plates A and B to which they are attached arefree to move outward and to right or left sufficiently to relieve thewearer or to expose the wearers person for nursing, surgical treatment,&c.

rIhe best construction for general use of this my invention known to me,and theone fully shown in the drawings accompanying this specication,has two hinges, E E, which I place diagonally, as shown in the drawings,one on each of the clasp-plates A A' and B B.

G G Gr G" are four loop plates, of ordinary device, attached to theplate E B by rivets in the usual manner, and these loop to the fourstud-heads H -H H" H", of ordinary device, and attached to theclasp-plate A A. Now I place the diagonal hinges E E just above thesecond loop, G" H, so that G H G H', the tops of either side of thecorset, may be swung outward and downward, as fully shown at A G G E inboth gures of the drawin s.

glhe clasp-plates A A' and VB BJ are each constructed in two parts toadmit the free working of the hinge-jointsE and E', parting at saidjoints, while the upper parts of the bodice C C', being of the usualexible construction and material, fully admit of the free workingaforesaid and complete the form of 'my device I most approve.

SAMUEL M. PERRY.

In presence of- HUGO SoHNEELocK, E. GODDAED. h.

